Motor-car.



D. P. SANDERS.

MOTOR GAR.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 5, 1913.

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Attorneys Patented Feb. 17., E914.

"1).; P. SANDERS.

MOTORCAR. APPLIOATIO'N FiLED MAY s} 1913, v V,

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

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Inventor,

Act'orneys Zia/ZZZ) WW)" D.P.SANDER&- MOTOR GAR.

APIILIOATION FILED Mus, 1913 Patented Feb. 17, 1914."

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, power is transmitted from a prime mover I 7 mission shaft .gcaredly connected to the said traied. in which improved driving mechanism.

leading directly therefrom to each of the out departing from mittinnmechanism.

tinrrnp STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVIDP. sANmans, CIT-LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

MOTOR-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

Application filed May 5, 1913. Seri fl No. 765,660.

To (ZZZ-107mm it may concern Be it known thatQLDAvm P. SANDERS, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and. State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful. MotonCar, of which' the following isa specification.

This invention relates to' a motor car. I-An object of the-present invention is to provide a car with a prime mover thereon and c with transmission gearing leading therefrom and adapted to transmit power to all wheels of the motor car.

A further object is to provide a trans: mission gearing for a -mot-or car whereby to both trucks of a car and to provide suitable'clutches and spur gearing'whereby the car may be driven in either a forward or 're-' verse direction at a number of different speeds. I I

A further object is to provide a prime mover in the form of an internal combustion engine beneath the car body and rigidly secured thereto and to provide a main shaft car trucks, and to further provide a transmain shaft whereby the car wheels may be driven at low. intermediate or high speed and to further provide a shifting mechanism whereby the car can be driven in a forward or reverse direction.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds. the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed. it being understood. that changes in the precise embodiment of the inventicn herein disclosed, can be made within the scope or what isclaimed, withthe spirit of the invention.

In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming a part thereof, the preferable form of my invention is illus- Figure 1 is a view in Side elevation of a pUl'll 'll of a railroad car equipped' with my Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the prime mover and one car truck and (.lisclcsingthe power trans- Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the car taken through the king bolt of one truck; Fig. 4: is a detail view of the power transmittingmechanism including the main and transmission shafts. 131g. 0 1s a dlagrammatic view showing the clutch shifting mechanism.

Referring to'the drawings in which simi- 1211' reference numerals designate corre spending parts throughout the several views, 1 is the car under frame preferably formed of steel beams and secured thereto by the center or' kingbolt'Q are the cartruck.

frames 3. In the present :drawingsonly one cartruck hasbeen illustrated but it is to be understood that the mechanism which is- 1 Suspended beneath the steel'u-nderframe 1 and rigidly secured-thereto is the prime mover generallydesignated as t and winch is'adapted to drive the vertical shaft 5 which 'in tu-rnis adapte'dto drive a gear wheel (5' journaled upon the center or king bolt jThe spur gear 6 is rigidly secured to a second or beveled gear wheel 7 which is adapted to drive-a beveled gear 8 in mesh therewith and which latter gear is rigidly secured to a horizontal shaft 9, from which shaft 9 leads the two silent chain drivcslO which are adaptedto positively drive the car wheels 11 to thereby impart motion to the'car. y

The prime mover 4 which is located beneath and approximately central of the steel under frame is an internal combustion engine of the horizontal o-pposed' cylinder type, the exact number of cylinders depending upon the size of the car. As illustrated in F ig. 2 the internal combustion cngine comprises the cylinders 12 arranged in pairs and disposed in equal, numbers upon opposite sides of the main driving shaft 13 .which extends longitud'nally of the car and is adapted to transmit the power from the prime mover tothe car truck. The crank shaft casing 14 is provided with suitable bearings 15, journaled in which is the crank shaft 16 to the outer extremity of which is rigidly secured the fly wheel 17 and to the opposite end is secured the drivine' beve-lcd gear 18. The prime mover may be con sidered to be made up of'two units disposed upon opposite sides of the main shaft 13 and inthe present. illustration each unit com- 7 being rigidly secured to the main driving tance apartso as to form the central com- -.spur gear 27 which latter is rigidly sereversing mechanism of the two trucks.

121 which are adapted to actuate the cylinprises four cylinders. It Will be apparent however, that one set of cam shafts will serve for both units inasmuch as the crank shafts of the two units are positively connected together. The unit just described may be generally designated by the letter A and the unit upon the opposite side of the l main driving shaft 13 may be generally designated by the letter B. The crank shaft of the unit 13 is provided with a beveled driving gear 19., the two driving gears 18 and 19 being spaced 2. distance apart and in mesh with two similar beveled gears 20'the same shafts 13, one of which leads tothe forward truck 'of the car and the other to the rear track, it being noted however that the main driving shafts will be driven in opposite directions, allowance for which is made in the The unit A is provided with cam shaft gears der valves. Completely surrounding the two units is an outer steel casing 22 which is secured to the car steel under frame and is adapted to rigidly support the prime mover therebeneath. V I v The. two units A and B are spaced a dispartment :23 through which extends the main driving shafts 13 supported in suitable bearings or brace members 24, the bearing members 24 adapted to support the shafts 13 in a rotative manner and alsoadapted to prevent any longitudinal movement or shifting thereof, the same being also true of the crankshaft bearings 15, this being necessary due to the tendency of beveled gears to spring apart. V Secured to and in some instances forming part of the steel under frame are the longitudinal I beams. 25 which extend longitudinally central of the car and support the power transmitting mechanism. The power transmitting mechanism includes a set of clutches and gearing whereby the speed imparted to the car wheels may be varied, it being noted that the exact number of speeds may be varied there having been gears and clutches illustrated in Fig. 4: of the drawings whereby three speeds may be obtained from a given engine speed. As illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings the main driving shaft 13 is provided with the spur gear 26 rigidly secured thereto and which gear is adapted to mesh with and driven similar-I cured to what is'termed the transmission shaft 28. The main driving shaft 13 and transmission shaft 28 are supported by suitable depending shaft hangers or hearing members 29 which depend from and are rigidly secured to the longitudinal I beams 25. The shaft 13 is split or divided as at 30 and the meeting ends of which are providrd with the beveled driving gear 32 with a. suitable expanding/friction clutch '31 w ich is of the usual construction and when in engagement is adapted to transmit power directly from the engine or prime mover to the beveled gear 32 which is located at the outer or driving end of the main driving shaft 13.

From'the foregoing it will be apparent that the transmission shaft is adapted to rotate continuously with and be driven by the main drivingshaft 13 and in order to provide means whereby the outer or free endof the driving shaft may be driven at varying velocity ratios with respect tothe driven portion of the driving shaft 13, the double friction clutch 33 is provided and includes the .central slidable portion 34 which is connected to the shaft 28 by a suitt':)l0 slot and. feather and is adapted to, be driven thereby. The central portion 34 of he double clutch is adapted to move into engagement with the drum 35 which is secured to or formed integral with a spur gear 3G vjournaled upon the shaft 28. The movable portion of the friction clutch is also adapted to move into engagement with a similar drum 37 the outer periphery of which is formed as a spur gear 38 and which drum is also journaled idle upon the shaft :28, it being noted in this connection that suitable collars or other means are provided whereby the drums and the gear wheels gear wheels 39 and 40 which are of diiferent diameters so that when poweris transmitted thereto by means of the spur gears 36 or 38 which are in mesh therewith, the speed or velocity imparted to the beveled driving gear 32 will be varied according to which drum the friction clutch moving member 3-]: is in engagement with.'

In order that the car may be driven in either direction the reversing mechanism as illustrated in Fig. 1 is provided and comprises a fixed vertical shaft the lower eX tremitv of which is supported by the bracket 41 which bracket is rigidly secured to the car under frame.

secured to the under frame of the car. are. the beveled gear wheels 2 and 43. the same being spaced a distance apart by means of p the spur gear ii. The gears 42. 43 and l-l are rigidly secured together or formed in- Mounted rotatable upon the vertical shaft 5 which stated is rigidly tegral and comprise a carriage which is mounted rotatable and slidahle upon the vertical shaft 5 whereby either of the beveled gears -l; or =3 may be brought into mesh of the main driving shaft. I

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the direction of rotation of the spur '40 l l in the nature of-shaft hangers and serve to' cured to thebracket 41 and also pivotally -adapted to support the car frame upon the that the truck may shifter rotate about the forked lever 47 is provided for the actuation gear 4 1 will be dependent upon which or the beveled gears which are secured thereto are in mesh with the driving beveled gear 32. In order to provide means whereby the three gears may be shifted the toggle joint is provided and comprises 'a link45. rigidly seconnected to a link 4:6 which in turn is rotatably' secured to the upper beveled gear 13 so that when the two links 45 and lG are brought into alinementthelink46 will move the three gears upwardly and bring the lower beveled gear 42 into mesh with the driving beveled gear. When, however, the links 4:5 and 46 are angularly disposed, the upper beveled gear 'will' be lowered and brought into mesh with the said driving beveled'gear, it'bein'g noted that a suitable of the said shifting mechanism.

- .Inorder to .transmlt power to the; car wheel tr-ucksandat the same time allow for the shifting thereof a spur wheel 6 is journaled rotatable upon a sleeve 18 which sleeve surrounds the center or king bolt 2 and is truck frame. The spur [gear 6 is in mesh with the spur gear 14 which lattergear is provided with a wide face'so that it will be constantly in mesh with the said spur gear 6 during the shifting of the reversing mechanism. Rigidly secured to or formed'in te gral with the spur gear 6 and positioned thereabove 'is the beveled gear 7 which meshes with and ishadapted to. drive, the beveled gear 8 which is rigidly secured to the h'orizontal'or counter. shaft 9. As illustrated in Fig; 3 of the drawings the counter. shaft 9 is" supported upon the car truck by suitable standards 49 which standards are hold the shaft 9 against shifting. From'the foregoing it will be apparent king 'bolt'2 without bringingthe spur gears 6 and out of mesh and without interfering'with the transmitting of power. therethrough. In order to positively. drive the car axles,they are provided with suitable sprocket wheels 50 thereon and which-are in alincment with sprocket wheels'51 rigidly secured to the counter shaft 9. Suitable driving chainspreferably of the silent type and designated at 10 extend between the said alined sprocket wheels and are adapted to transmit the power from the. countershaft 9 to the car wheel axles 51 which in turn positively drive the car. wheels 11 which are secured thereto. I

Asillustratedin Fig. 3 the car frame is provided with suitable side bearings 52 and .the'car frame is provided with. suitable bo'lsters53 which rest upon corresponding parts of the car truck. By providing a prime mover comprising two units arranged on opposite sides of a central man'i- 6133 1:

drive shafts, one of which extends to each of the trucks. .lVit-h the transmission mechanism as described it will be understood-that'when low speed is desired the doubleclutch 33 will be moved into engage- The two prime inent with the drum 35 and the powertransmitted from the engine through the gear wheels 26 and 27 to the transmission shaft 33 is moved to its central point. and the clutch 31 thrown into engagement which willtransmit the power directly from the engine to the gear 32 and from thence to the car wheel axles as described. When it is desired that the car he-run' at high-speed,-

the main driving. shaft clutch 31 is thrown out of engagement and the transmission clutch 33 moved into engagement with the drum 37 from -which the power will be transmitted from the constantly rotating shaft 28 down through the gear 38 and the smaller gear 10 to the beveledgear 32 which will be then rotated at'an increased speed.

From the foreging it will be apparent that it is necessary to simultaneously disengage the clutch 31 at-the siinetime that the beveled. clutch 33 is moved intoen 'agemcnt with either one of the two drums with which it is adapted'to engage and in order! 'to insure that such will he the case the levers and 55 areprovided which are adapted to throwthe clutches 31 and the, said levers extend upward to the front portion "of the car and are connected to-a lever 56 which is adapted to move the said levers simultaneously and to insure that it .will be impossible for the clutch 31 to'be in can gagement at'the same time that the clutch nor the two trucks will be driven at equal speeds at all times.v lllention is also made of the fact that inasmuch as the main driving shaft which transmits power to the rear truck willrotate in an opposite. direction to that in which the main driving shaft connected to the front truck will rotate, that the actuating lever 47 of the forward truck will be so connected to a similar actuating m lever of the rear truck that when the lower of the two beveled gears 42 and 43 are in mesh at the forward truck the opposite one Willbe in mesh at the rear truck so that the 'two trucks will be driven in the same direction Having thus fully described the invention what I claim to be. new and original with me'is I 1. A motor car comprising an under frame with trucks pivot-ally secured thereto adjacent the endsthereof, a prime mover rigidly secured to'the said frame, gears adapted to rotate about the said truck pivot as a cen-- ter, a shaft disposed adjacent said gears, and a carriage mounted slidably and rota- ]tably upon said shaft, said carriage including gears in mesh with the first mentioned gears, and a transmission mechanism adapted to transmit power from the said prime 3g mover to the said gears.

2. The combination with a car under frame, king b lts extending therethrough and pivotally connecting car trucks thereto, a prime mover rigidly secured to the said car frame, a counter shaft mounted upon the :aid ca'r triu means including chains adapted to transmit power from the said counter shaft to the truck axles, a spur gear rotatably secured to said car truck adapted to rotate about the said king bolt as a center, means for transmitting power from said spur gear to said counter shaft, and means for transmitting power from the said prime mover to said spur gear, said means including a versing and speed changing mechanism.

3. In a motor car the combination of an under frame, a king bolt extending therethrough and pivotally securing a car truck thereto, said car truck including wheel axles, a counter shaft extending parallel tothe saidcar wheel axles and adapted to transmit power thereto, a spur wheel rotatablv secured to the said truck andadapted to rbta-te about the said king bolt as a center, a shaft rigidly secured to the said car body and extending parallel-to the king belt, a spur gear mounted rotatably and slidably upon the said shaft and in mesh with the ring bolt spur gear, and-a prime nmvei r gidly secured to the said under 'frmi'ge and adapted to deliver power at varying speeds and indifferent directions tothe saidspur gea mounted upon the under frame shaft. w w

4- In a motor car the combination of an under frame, .a king bolt secured thereto and pivotally engaging a car truck including car wheel axles, a slee *e mounted upon the said king bolt and holding the said car wheel vtruck and car under frame in spaced relation, a spur gear mounted rotatably upon said sleeve, a counter shaft extending parallel to the car wheel axles, means for tr'ai'ismitting power from said spur gear to said counter shaft, means including silent chains adapted to transmit power from said counter shaft to the said car wheel axles, a vertical shaft rigidly secured to the under frame adjacent the said king bolt, a spur gear mounted rotatably and, slidably. upon the said vertical shaft and in mesh with the said king bolt spur gear, a prime 0 mover rigidly secured to the said under frame, and a transmitting mechanism adapted to transmit power at varying speeds and iii-both directions from the said I prime mover to the said slidable and rctatable spur ear.

5. Means for transmitting power from a car body to the ca 1 wheels comprising a car 'truck with axles iournaled for rotation thercto,a counter shaft secured to the said truck, and extending 1 "allel with the axles thereof, alined sprocket wheels rigidly secured to the car axles and to the said countcr shaft, driving chains extending between the said sprocket wheels and adapted to *ans nit power from the counter shaft to .28 c r axles, sleeve positioned upon the 100 'ing bolt extending between the said car truck and the under frameof the car, a beveled gear journaled for rotation upon the sleeve, a beveled gear rigidly secured to the extremity of the counter shaftand 105 mes mg with the first mentioned beveled gear, and a spur gear ournaled for rotation upon the said sleeve and rigidly secured to the beveled gear, and a vertical shaft rigidly secured to the car framc,a spur gear mount- 1 cd for translation and rotation thereon and in mesh with the said spur gear, journaled upon the said sleeve and adapted to transmit powe thereto.

6. ll self-propelled motor car comprising 5 a car body, a king bolt extending downwardly therefrom, a ear truck including axles and wheels pivotally secured to: the said king bolt, a sleeve secured to the said hing bolt adapted to hold the car truck and 120 body in spaced relation, a vertical shaft rigidly secured to the car body, two. beveled gears with a spur gear extending therebetween mounted for translation and rotation upon said verticalshaft, means for raising 5 and lowering the said beveled and spur gear wheels, a spur gearjournaled for rotation upon said'sleeve, said spur gear being in mesh with said shijftable spur gear, a

beveled gear supported by, said: car body and adapted to mesh with; the upper and lower of said shiftable beveled gears, and means for supplying powerto the said beveled gears to thereby drive the car'in a forward and reverse direction.-

'7. A. motor car co1nprising an under frame, trucks pivotally secured thereto by. king bolts, an internal combustion engine of the horizontal opposed cylinder type rigidly, secured to the said under frame, said in t rnal' combustion engine arranged as two units rotating in opposite directions disposed centrally of a main driving shaft, beveled gears rigidly secured to the engine crank, shaftand to the main driving shaft, said driving shaft, split-between the driving and driven ends, a t'ransn'nssion shaft gearedly "Connected ie the said driving shaft adjacent the driven end, a plurality of gears mounted loose upon the said transmission shaft, 21-pin? raiity of gears in mesh therewith rigidly secured to the said driving end of the d iv ng shaft, a friction olutch' adap'ted to rigidly secure the said gears upon the transmission shaft to the 'said' shaft, a friction clutch adapted toengage the-split ends of'the said main driving shaft, a, beveled gear rigidlvsecured to the driving end of the main driving shaft, avertical shaft rigidly secured to the car frame, two beveled gears and a spur gear therebe'twee'n rigidly :s'eenred. together and mounted for rotation and 'tra11sl ation upon. sa1d'vert1cal shaft, means'for the shifting of the said gears to bring the upper and lower beveled gears in mesh with said driving shaft beveled wheel, and -a spur. gear mounted. for rotation upon the sa d king bolt and 1I1-11l8Sl1W1tllllllQ'SEllQl vertical shaft shiftable spur gear, and means for transbeveled gears thereon, said beveled transmitting mitting power from the said king bolt spur gear to-the truck wheels. p 8. A pr me mover for motor cars comprisingtw'o units of the horizontal opposed cylinder type, said units spaced a distance apart, the' adjacentends ofthe crank shafts provided with beveled gears held iirspaced relation, main driving shafts provided with v 3 31' meshingwith the said crank shaft beveled gears and driven thereby, and means" for power from thesaid, main driv. ing shaft-s to the carwhee'ls.

91A motor car comprising a car body, trucks pivotally secured thereto by king bolts, 'a combustion engine including two units of the horizontal op'posedcylinder ty )e 1 rigidly secured to the car body, said units spaced a distance apart, main driving shafts extending centrally between said units and gearedly connected to the crank shafts there-7.

-of,beveled gears rigidly secured to the ends:

, of the main driving shaft, means whereby the speed imparted tolth e said beveled gears may be varied with equal engine speeds, a vertical shaft rigidly secured to the car body, 6: a reversing mechanism includingupper and lower beveled gears. a spur gear positioned therebetween and adapted to hold said beveled gears in spaced relation and to-be driven thereby, means fol-shifting the said spur and beveled gears upon said vertical shaft, it-o bring the same in mesh withthe said "driving shafts, beveled gears, and spur gears journaled for rotation upon the truck king bolts and in mesh with the said shifting spur gear and adapted to berotatel thereby, and a counter shaft journaled for rotation upon the said car truck, means for transmitting motion from-said king bolt spur gear to said counter shaft, and means for transmit-- ting powcrfromisaid counter'shaft tovthe car wheels, f 10. A driving mechanism for motor ,ca'rs. comprising a car under frame, king. -bo1ts1 extending downwardly therefrom, car trucks pivotally secured to said king ,boltsiand, adapted to rotate thereabout, aninternal combustion engine rigidly secured to the car' frame with the'crank shaft thereof extend- 1 ing transversely of the longitudinal axis of the car frame, main driving shafts rotating" in, opposite directions gearedly connected to the said crank T shafts, SfllCl main driving shafts extending" .the'forward and rear trucks. beveled gears rigidly secured to .the 5 ends of said main driving shafts,'means for varying the velocity ratio of said, bcv'eled' gears with relation to the engine speedsaid 'me ans' including" spur-"gears .L'and friction cl'utches, 'and vertical shafts rigidly secured 0 to the car frame adj acentthe said king bolts, -'j slidable-carriag'es mounted for rotation upon said vertical shafts ahd provided with two spacing. bevel-ed gears, a 'spur'gear spaeed main driving shaft beveled gem: and. meanswhereby the velocity ratio of the transmission 'n iechanism of the two truckswill be si1nultan e0usl v actuated.

In testimony that I claimthe foregoing asmvown, I have hereto affixed my'signature. in the presence of two witnesses.

navn) 'P; sannnns Vitnesses:

TALTER K. Benn,

Jas. N. Lron'r mn'.

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